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Today in History 11/05/16

The Gunpowder Plot fizzles after a letter hints of an attack. A search of the House of Lords, where the king is due to appear, finds Guy Fawkes guarding barrels of gunpowder. On the rack, Fawkes gives up his accomplices and their plot to bring a Catholic to the throne..

The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I of England and VI of Scotland by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby.

Date: Nov 05, 1605

— Source: wiki/Gunpowder_Plot

(1912) Woodrow Wilson wins US presidency in landslide

Wilson, a Democrat, coasts to victory over not one but two former presidents, amassing 435 electoral votes. Republican incumbent William Howard Taft gets a measly eight electoral votes; Teddy Roosevelt, the Progressive Party candidate, claims 88. .

The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. The election was a rare four-way contest. Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican Party with the support of its conservative wing. After former President Theodore Roosevelt failed to receive the Republican nomination, he called his own convention and created the Progressive Party. It nominated Roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. Democrat Woodrow Wilson was finally nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, thanks to the support of William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate who still had a large and loyal following in 1912. It is the last election in which a former, or incumbent, President ran for the office without being nominated as either a Democrat or Republican. It is also the last election in which an incumbent President running for re-election failed to finish either first or second in the popular vote count.

Election year: Nov 05, 1912

— Source: wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1912

(1994) George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight boxing champ at 45

In a stunning upset, Foreman knocks out Michael Moorer, 26, in the tenth round. Foreman, who had taken a long hiatus from boxing, wears the same shorts he wore in his last championship fight, 20 years earlier, when he lost the title to Muhammad Ali..

Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman, billed as “One for the Ages”, was a professional boxing match contested on November 5, 1994 for the WBA, IBF and Lineal Heavyweight championships. On April 22, 1994, Moorer defeated Evander Holyfield by decision to wrest the title, which Holyfield had regained from Riddick Bowe in his previous bout, from the two-time champion. Foreman, at 45, had been on the comeback trail for several years after choosing to end his ten-plus year retirement. He had received a shot at Holyfield’s undisputed world championship in 1991 but was defeated. Foreman also had not fought since being defeated by Tommy Morrison for the then-fringe World Boxing Organization championship.

— Source: wiki/Michael_Moorer_vs._George_Foreman

(2009) Army major kills 13 in shooting spree at Fort Hood

Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opens fire on his largely unarmed colleagues at the base’s processing center, near Killeen, Texas. The rampage will leave 13 dead and over 30 wounded, the most casualties ever on a US military base. .

On November 5, 2009, a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas. Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. The shooting produced more casualties than any other on an American military base.

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